Housing and Homelessness Alliance | Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum

Vision

Working together to prevent and end homelessness in Cornwall.

To be the voice of the community/voluntary sector in homelessness
To provide peer support, and to hold each other and all parts of the system to account
To learn from each other and other places
To campaign and support campaigning for long term joined up solutions to support the vision
To prevent duplication and ensure good communication between the other voluntary sector alliances, and other groups that consider matters relating to homelessness in Cornwall

To support Cornwall Council and partners in reviewing and refreshing Cornwall’s current homelessness strategy (“Cornwall’s partnership approach to preventing homelessness and rough sleeping”)
To consider whether the Alliance can be a ‘Strategic Homeless Forum’, as envisaged in the current Homelessness Strategy
To map out the groups that currently meet to discuss homelessness or broader issues impacting on our work, to identify interdependencies and to put in place strategies to ensure effective partnership working
To consider how the Alliance actively listens to the voice of people with lived experience of homelessness to ensure this is working effectively
To review how the Alliance, its members, and the wider ‘homeless system’ engages with and involves elected members to help ensure debate and policy is informed and effective